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"Give a Little Whistle" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket and Dickie Jones in the character of Pinocchio, and is teaching how to whistle in the film.
Jiminy Cricket teaches children how to spell, also in a similar manner to the I'm No Fool series. The series had a catchy theme song from which many children learned to spell "encyclopedia", most likely inspired by Paul Whiteman's novelty hit, "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E" (both songs even had the same tempo and meter).
"Jiminy", along with variants "Jiminy Christmas" and "Jiminy cricket" have been used as minced oaths for "Jesus Christ" since at least 1803. [7] "Jiminy Cricket!" was uttered in Pinocchio ' s immediate Disney predecessor, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by the seven dwarfs. It also occurs in the 1938 Mickey Mouse cartoon "Brave Little ...
Songs written for the film but not used include: "I'm A Happy Go Lucky Fellow" (also called "Jiminy Cricket") – Jiminy Cricket (Later used in the 1947 Disney film Fun and Fancy Free) "Honest John" – Chorus "As I Was Saying To The Duchess" – J. Worthington Foulfellow "Three Cheers For Anything" – Lampwick, Pinocchio, Alexander & Other Boys
Disney, however, did reprise the role for the introduction to the original 1955–59 run of The Mickey Mouse Club. [10] Celebrities Edgar Bergen and Dinah Shore introduced the segments in order to appeal to a mass audience. Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio sings "I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow", a song written for and cut from Pinocchio before its ...
Camp songs or campfire songs are a category of folk music traditionally sung around a campfire for entertainment. Since the advent of summer camp as an activity for children, these songs have been identified with children's songs, although they may originate from earlier traditions of songs popular with adults.
A Day at Disneyland with Walt Disney and Jiminy Cricket (Disneyland, 1957) The Story of Walt Disney's Cinderella (Disneyland, 1957) Songs, Games & Fun (RCA Victor, 1958) Ukulele Ike (Glendale, 1978) Cliff Edwards and His Hot Combination 1925–1926 (Retrieval, 1978) The Vintage Recordings of Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike) (Take Two, 1979)
Disney decided that the song should play over the opening credits, and used as a musical theme throughout the film. [2] In October, Edwards recorded the song as a "test take", because Edwards was cast as Jiminy Cricket, and at the time the cricket's role in the story was limited.